[p2pu-dev] are people (we) still using clear gifs for user tracking?

Philipp Schmidt phi.schmidt at gmail.com
Mon Jun 6 14:59:47 UTC 2011


"What Are Clear GIFs? -- Clear gifs (also known as web beacons) are
used in combination with cookies to help web site operators understand
how visitors interact with their websites. A clear gif is typically a
transparent graphic image (usually 1 pixel x 1 pixel) that is placed
on a site. The use of a clear gif allows the site to measure the
actions of the visitor opening the page that contains the clear gif.
It makes it easier to follow and record the activities of a recognized
browser, such as the path of pages visited at a website."

are we using them, will be possibly use them, or are any of the hosted
services we might be hosting sites on, using them?

trying to determine if we need to include them in our privacy policy.

-- P


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